mentioned earlier was part -- worked with bradbury in the bush administration and that's what we'll be watching to see if senator mccain feels the same way for this judicial nominee who was involved in the bush administration torture memos as he did for stephen bradbury who was nominated to the department of transportation. so those are two that have already shown signs. susan collins in the bush administration voted against bill pryor, and so that was an -- and he was a very controversial bush administration judge who was also on the trump short list for the supreme court. so that's another person who was willing back in the last republican administration to say this person should not be confirmed. >> and one of the things i will also say is that it will be interesting in this next year to see a willingness to distance oneself from the president because in many ways there are different ways in which republicans can exert their influence and obviously some of the most public and in your face rebuke of the president is when someone is actually forced to a vote, right? but i also thin

. >> it seems that the president was willing to budge based on what chief of captain kelly told bradburylast name. maybe only 700 miles of wall. it seems like there may be rooms for negotiation here. today the house is expected to vote on the continuing resolution. this would be a bully at the fourth stopgap spending measure passed since october and basically keep the government open and funded through february 16th. do you expect that to pass because then it there is a carrot for democrats and that is a six-year extension of chip, which is health insurance for more than a million children. >> bingo. that is a huge and important negotiating tactic because it's completely bipartisan. they want to see chip funding. they agree it should not run now. where you have trouble as the senate. paul ryan will corral those votes. the senate needs 60 votes so it includes democrats in order to pass that cr can attest that al qaeda. >> you expect the house to pass that and then not the case in the senate. >> done by senator lindsey graham and turban can come to some kind of compromise. >> lindsey graha

excusked with bradbury to e torture during the bush administration. we will see if senator mccain feels the same about the other nominee. those are two that already showed signs. susan collins voted against pr a controversial bush administration judge who was on the shortlist for the supreme court. that was another person willing besay that person should not confirmed. jen: it will be interesting in this next year to see a willingness to distance oneself from the president. there are different ways in which republicans exert their influence. the most public and in-your-face review of the president is when someone is actually forced to a vote. there are other ways that we will see republicans exercising leadership in the way that they anynot committing to leadership. if it means having that conversation with the leader saying please do not let me vote on someone this nuts. -- sharon: i do think that while every nominee we are able to defeat because of their lack of qualifications os --is important, it is going to be extremely important for the health o